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15/07/2015 at 4:25 pm #12857
Dr. Veerendra Darakh
OfflineRegistered On: 02/09/2011Topics: 115Replies: 113Has thanked: 32 timesBeen thanked: 2 timesGreetings to all ye implant gurus.
I placed 4.5 x 10mm SS III ostem implant in 4-6 (LR first molar) & 5 x 10 SS III
Greetings to all ye implant gurus.
I placed 4.5 x 10mm SS III ostem implant in 4-6 (LR first molar) & 5 x 10 SS III
osstem implant in 3-6 (LL first molar) for this patient on 9th July 2014.
Patient is 26 year old female.
No relevant medical history.
The bone in 4-6 area was deficient bucco lingually & so I took an ostem spreader & widened it. I also took on ostem osteotome & hammered it gently with a mallet & expanded it bucco lingually & placed a 4.5 x 10mm SS III implant.
It seems unlikely that I touched the inferior alveolar news during bone expansion.
My staff makes a routine courtesy call every night before we close the clinic to all our patients who have undergone surgery . Patient said that she was fine & the effect of L.A went away within two &half hours. She was not feeling any residual numbness.
She took the antibiotics & NSAID’ as prescribed .
Pt. was called on 16th evening for follow up.
Pt. reported on 18th evening & said that her lower lip on left side was feeling slightly numb.
Note that she is feeling numb only from the angle the lip to the midline on left side i e areas innervated by mental nerve. I prescribed B complex capsules & asked for on OPG which is in the end of this post.
The OPG does not show the implant close to the inferior alveolar nerve.
So now I want to know what could be the cause & what should be the future course of action.
Thanks in advance for all responses.
Dr. Veerendra Darakh

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16/07/2015 at 12:07 pm #17892Anonymous
16/07/2015 at 12:34 pm #17893
Dr. Veerendra Darakh
OfflineRegistered On: 02/09/2011Topics: 115Replies: 113Has thanked: 32 timesBeen thanked: 2 times18/07/2015 at 12:43 pm #17894Anonymous
Dear Dr. Darakh,
In continuation, one more probability can not be ruled out — that of a crack fracture line extending / blood accumulated because of the splitting of the ridge, Mandible being a more dense bone.
But treatment remains same, observation & Tab, beurobion Forte 1 tds for a 3 months.
regards,
Harshad Ashiya.
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